Effect of intercrops on thrips species composition and population abundance on French beans in Kenya

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-246

  Nyasani, J O ^a,b,c   Meyhofer R ^b   Subramanian, S ^c   Poehling, H M ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Fabaceae; Frankliniella occidentalis; Frankliniella schultzei; Hydatothrips aldolfifriderici; Intercropping; Megalurothrips sjostedti; Natural enemies; Phaseolus vulgaris; Thripidae; Thysanoptera

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROP DAMAGE; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIELDWORK; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; NATURAL ENEMY; POPULATION DENSITY; POTATO; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SENESCENCE; THRIPS;

KENYA;

CERANISUS; FABACEAE; FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; FRANKLINIELLA SCHULTZEI; HELIANTHUS; MEGALUROTHRIPS SJOSTEDTI; ORIUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856255113     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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